Tūī chicks of differing size - question

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Gillian Candler
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Tūī chicks of differing size - question

Postby Gillian Candler » Fri Jan 05, 2018 11:08 am

I've been observing tūī in my back garden and noticed a parent feeding fledglings of very different size. One looked almost adult, just smaller and without the white chin feathers, whereas another still has a lot of down, see photo attached. Can they be from the same brood?
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the younger chick
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